Sense and Sensibility
DVD cover: Tracey Childs & Irene Richard
Written byAlexander Baron
Directed byRodney Bennett
StarringIrene Richard
Tracey Childs
Diana Fairfax
Music byDudley Simpson
Country of originUK
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerBarry Letts
Running time26 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release1 February (1981-02-01) –
15 March 1981 (1981-03-15)

Sense and Sensibility is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel.[1][2] The seven-part series was dramatised by Alexander Baron, and directed by Rodney Bennett.[3] This adaptation omits the character of Margaret Dashwood, the younger sister of Elinor and Marianne.[4] It has been remastered for release on DVD.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "New series Sense and Sensibility". 1 February 1981. p. 35. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021 – via BBC Genome.
  2. ^ "Sense and Sensibility Part 5 (1981)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Sense and Sensibility". 15 March 1981. p. 33. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021 – via BBC Genome.
  4. ^ a b Nattress, Laurel Ann (24 February 2011). "Sense and Sensibility 1981 – A Review". Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

External links

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
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